Monster House & American Chopper

Discovery Channel has several shows that carry the "Monster"
title. These shows concentrate on doing something extreme
that aren't normally seen every day. On "Monster House"
they take a normal house and turn it in to something
extreme. I've seen theme turn a couple's house into
a Vegas-style casino/hotel, a house into a retro sci-fi
house (complete w/crashed flying saucer,) and Medival
house, a Icelandic/Nordic Viking house and many, many
other interesting things. Each show features a new set
of "builders". These are 5 local contractors who will have
fie days to complete the transformation into a "monster"
house. They're just normal everyday contractors. I'm not
sure how you apply to be a contractor, 'cause they've had
some really bad ones in the past. The bottom line is it's
pretty fascinating what these folks will do with a house
in just 5 days. Make sure to check out their
best
of gallery for pictures of some of the transformations.

On American Chopper, the show follows the Teutul family of
Orange County Choppers (of Orange County, New York,) I think
part of the reason I really enjoy the show is it reminds
me at times of working for my family when I was younger. It's
also pretty amazing how these guys fabricate these bikes.
My favorites bikes were probably the NY Firefighters bike,
Jet bike and the Snap-on Tool bike. Make sure to check
out the photo
gallery for pictures of all the bikes they've built
on the show.

Discovery Channel re-runs these shows a lot on the weekends,
so if you've never seen either show and are looking for
something to watch, I recommend watching an episode or
two.